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Opinions 1944 Lithgow No 1 MK III*
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It looks honest and unmolested to me. A mismatch magazine is no big deal as long as it's fitted and functions correctly.
Ditch the tacky sling and get a proper P'37.
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Originally Posted by
Brian Dick
It looks honest and unmolested to me. A mismatch magazine is no big deal as long as it's fitted and functions correctly.
Ditch the tacky sling and get a proper P'37.
Ditto, a good honest Lithgow, looks nice.
P37 sling required.....
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What is mismatched about the magazine. They were not numbered by the factory.
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Originally Posted by
Bindi2
What is mismatched about the magazine. They were not numbered by the factory.
That is a good question and/or observation! I don't know what is proper for this particular maker and year.
But the magazine is numbered. And it does not match.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...wLafA2ll-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...msGa6e1l-1.jpg
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if it bothers you that much, ill take it off your hands. ill even pay the shipping so you don't feel left out.
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on the other hands, you COULD be someone who spent EXTRA to get a rare "post 1945 german production K98" made by Mitchells Mausers and an employee with a hammer and hand stamps..
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Originally Posted by
martin08
I think that is an Indian magazine. If it really worries you buy a Lithgow one and sell that one. The Military didn't get hung up about where the replacement parts came from its only some collectors that do. Your rifle is a mixture of parts from Orange , Bathurst , Lithgow and Slazenger it is a perfectly correct Orange assembled Lithgow except for the magazine.
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Originally Posted by
Bindi2
I think that is an Indian magazine. If it really worries you buy a Lithgow one and sell that one. The Military didn't get hung up about where the replacement parts came from its only some collectors that do. Your rifle is a mixture of parts from Orange , Bathurst , Lithgow and Slazenger it is a perfectly correct Orange assembled Lithgow except for the magazine.
I think there are some Nos unumbered Australian magazines for sale on gun board forums under the Lee Enfield specific trading thread. Probably could find them else where but figured I'd mention it.
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I've had the gun for several years, and the mag has not bothered me enough to swap it out. I mentioned only because it is numbered, and it does not match.
But I am enlightened to learn that there is a Lee Enfield Specific Trading thread. Almost embarrassed to admit that as a Gunboards member and moderator for over ten years, I scrolled right past that Sticky Thread hundreds of times and never opened it. Ha! I see the mags now. Not a crazy price, but enough.
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Only knew because I was thinking of buying one myself, as the magazine in my Lithgow is Enfield and doesn't at all match the wear of the rest of the gun, besides possibly the wood which is a bit of a mish-mash.